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Knee-Deep in Debt, Food Shortages, Depleting Foreign Reserves: How Did Sri Lanka Get Here?

-TheWire.in A foreign exchange crunch in Sri Lanka has led to a shortage of essential goods and power cuts that last up to 13 hours a day. New Delhi: Sri Lanka is grappling with the worst economic crisis in decades, which has spiked the prices of essential commodities like rice, milk powder, cooking gas and fuel. For instance, one kiloGram of basmati rice currently costs between Rs 300-800 as compared to around Rs...

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Government extends free ration scheme by six months

-The Hindu Pandemic relief was to end in March 2022. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months till September 2022. The scheme was originally introduced in April 2020 a month into the first lockdown during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the sixth phase of PM-GKAY. The Phase-V of the scheme was...

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Cloud on funds for states’ rural job scheme budgets -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph The social audits take note of issues such as the card holders’ grievances and whether projects have been completed correctly The Centre has linked approval for the states’ rural job scheme budgets to their performance on certain transparency measures, hanging a cloud over funds release under the proGramme from April 1. The Union rural development ministry on Tuesday wrote to all the states seeking information by Wednesday on the social audits...

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Trinamul leader's killing in Birbhum sparks violence, arson; Governor seeks report from chief secy -Arnab Ganguly

-The Telegraph Panchayat office-bearer dies after bomb attack, but DGP denies political motive, state government forms SIT; 10 charred bodies recovered in Baktui in Rampurhat; Dhankhar says law and order in Bengal has ‘capsized’ Calcutta: Murder of a Trinamul panchayat office-bearer in a Birbhum village on Monday night sparked an orgy of violence that has claimed the lives of at least 10 more people with seven charred bodies found by the fire...

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This Jharkhand village becomes perfect example for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ as it builds back its water wealth -Mukesh Ranjan

-The New Indian Express In an example of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ a village located in the Maoist hotbed Khunti in Jharkhand is becoming self-reliant in meeting its water needs. RANCHI: In an example of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ a village located in the Maoist hotbed Khunti in Jharkhand is becoming self-reliant in meeting its water needs. Guni village has adopted measures of water conservation by taking advantage of the ‘Deen Dayaal Upadhyaya Swawalamban Yojana’ (DDUSY) of...

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